Damaged water reservoir in Peru due to flooding caused by the Coastal El Niño in 2017.

Photo credits: Sistema de agua del caserío Las Juntas (Santa Isabel)

Devastating effects of the Hurricane Matthew in Haiti in October 2016.

Photo credits: Josue Azor

Pampahasi area, La Paz Bolivia, destroyed by a landslide in an area prone to hazards in the Bolivian Andes in February 2011.

Photo credits: La Razón

Deforestation in the ‘Dry Corridor’ of Nicaragua due to agricultural activities increases peoples’ vulnerability with regard to extreme hydro-meteorological events as well as emissions of carbon dioxide into the atmosphere.

Photo credits: SDC

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